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Keep. Definitely notable to anyone interested in Zelda-related materials. If you just want sources this is far from "unsourceable." Sources can be added via the official Zelda site, Zelda information sites and even some game guidebooks; I have a few I could use as sources myself. It's also definitely not just a "list," as there's quite a bit of information here on each character, all of whom have major roles in the story and most of whom appear in multiple games in the series, thansk to the focus on OOT-era characters in Majora's Mask and The Minish Cap. --
Bishop220:31, 17 July 2007 (UTC)reply
Three or four of them have been in other games, and in Majora's mask they werent the same characters, just the same models. We don't have lists for every "major" character from other video games. God of War has similar one shot characters with one or two purposes, but there's not a seperate article for them. Just because a character is notable in the game itself doesn't mean that it's notable in the overall world of video games. I doubt Ocarina of time would have been any less succesful if, say, Fado, didn't exist. She barely showed up in the game, and had maybe like 5 lines of dialoge.
DurinsBane8721:22, 17 July 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep - As far as I can tell, OoT characters were pretty recognized in the gaming world (maybe not as much as FFVII, but still...), and notable games are allowed to have a "list of characters" thing, unless characters are a miniscule part of the game itself - this game is character driven, so no. Besides, deleting the article would mean we would have to put the main characters in their own articles (since quite a few aren't recurring), which would actually worsen any notability problems this one has. Also, it is pretty source-able, since news articles and the official sites talked about the characters - we could use them.
KrytenKoro22:29, 17 July 2007 (UTC)reply
Keep This could be cleaned up a bit - it seems that some of the lesser known characters have their own articles which seems over the top. However I would still keep this. Nicko (
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Snowball keep and close. I'm no gamer, but I agree with the reasoning above. Zelda is a character-driven game, so a list of the characters is valid in my opinion. Article needs cleanup and sources (outside my league, sorry), but I think it's good enough to stay.
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